Minnesota at Seattle 7:00 ET
Lynx (+) over Storm- Minnesota has lost two of their last three with both losses coming at the hands of first place Washington while Seattle has dropped their last two. The Storm were also victims of the Mystic's but their loss was more telling going down hard 88-59 and then blowing a 13-point lead to Connecticut and falling 79-78 to Connecticut. Aside from losing to the Mystics twice in the past two weeks the Lynx are undefeated. Take MINNESOTA!

San Francisco at Arizona 4:10 ET
Diamondbacks over Giants- The Giants have won three straight from Arizona and will send their best Madison Bumgarner (8-7, 3.63 ERA) to the mound and try and complete a four-game sweep of the D'backs. He is 5-0 in his last 10 starts with the Giants winning nine of those 10 outings. He is also 12-11 lifetime against Arizona with a 2.54 ERA. This brings me to the question as to why this game is a virtual pick-em affair? The D;Backs are 2-8 in Merrill Kelly's (8-12, 4.75) last 10 starts, this game reeks. Take ARIZONA!

New Orleans at San Diego 4:00 ET
Chargers over Saints- Los Angeles (Ha did I get you) uh the Chargers are playing at home (?) for the first time in their last five outings and are off of a 17-13 loss at Arizona last week. New Orleans meanwhile put up 25 points in their loss hosting Minnesota while surrendering 34. The Saints were badly out-played by the Vikings as they averaged just 3.1 yards per play. The Chargers out-gained the Cardinals by 100 yards on the ground (without Melvin Gordon) and will get the win here. Take CHARGERS!

Minnesota at Texas 3:05 ET
Rangers over Twins- Minnesota's Martin Perez (8-5, 4.57 ERA) returns to Texas for the first time as a visitor and he has been prone to surrendering the long ball. Perez has allowed 11 homers in his last five outings since the All-star break. Meanwhile Lance Lynn (14-8, 3.54) attempts to win game 15 for the third time today. He received just two runs of support in those starts but is 9-1 with a 3.94 ERA in 12 home starts. Take TEXAS!

San Diego at Philadelphia 1:05 ET
Padres over Phillies- It seems a bit odd to me that this game would open a pick-em. The Padres have lost the last six starts by Joey Lucchesi (7-7, 4.25 ERA) since the All-Star break, but in his lone career appearance against them he shut them out in six scoreless innings last August. Philadelphia will counter with Jason Vargas (6-6, 4.03) who is 0-1 with a 4.15 ERA in three starts for the Phillies since coming over from the Mets. He is 3-2 with a 4.00 ERA in six starts against the Padres. Take SAN DIEGO!

Detroit at Houston 8:00 ET
Texans over Lions- Lions coach Matt Patricia a former Patriots assistant coach defeated New England during the regular season last year but opened this pre-season by getting blasted by the Patriots 31-3. Bill Belichick got his measure of revenge last eek and Detroit will try and pick up the pieces today. The problem is that they are poorly coached and play at Houston where the Texans have won six of its last seven preseason games and are a perfect 5-0 against the NFC. The Texans pushed the Packers around in their 28-26 loss at Green Bay last week but turnovers did they in. Tonight the dominate a weakling. Take HOUSTON!

San Diego and Philadelphia 7:05 ET
Padres over Phillies- Dinelson Lamet (1-2, 3.86 ERA) has failed to pitch beyond five innings in six of his seven starts this season but that lone start he pitched seven hitless innings. Philadelphia who has shown life since the hiring of Charlie Manual will start weak link Zach Eflin (7-11, 4.49) who was 0-4 in July with a 12.64 ERA. In a shocker take SAN DIEGO!

St. Louis at Cincinnati 6:40 ET
Reds over Cardinals- St. Louis erupted for 13 runs and a season high 18 hits in yesterday's opener of this series and the Birds manager said it was because they had a really good game plan. (Gee why hasn't he used that plan before...like EVERY day). Today the Cards send their biggest disappointment of the season to the mound as Miles Mikolas (7-12, 4.13 ERA) who is suffering from the sophomore jinx. Anthony DiSclafini (7-7, 4.51) whose last quality start came against St. Louis. Repeat performance today. Take CINCINNATI!

Houston at Oakland 4:05 ET
Astros over A's- I know the Astros may be the best in the AL but the Oakland A's are not just chopped liver and yet Houston comes up a strong favorite on the road. The A's will start Rogelio Armenteros (1-0, 1.93 ERA) who is being called up from Triple-A and is considered by Vegas the heavy road favorite. Oakland will start Chris Bassitt (8-5, 3.56) who is 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA in five appearances. Today, it's HOUSTON!

Minnesota at Texas 8:05 ET
Rangers over Twins- The Indians have moved in front of the Twins in the AL Central as Minnesota starts to sputter having failed to win consecutive games in over a week. The Twins Jake Odorizzi (13-5, 3.44 ERA) gets the start and he is 4-1 with a 3.38 ERA in seven career starts against the Rangers. Texas starts Mike Minor (11-6, 2.90) has won his last three starts throwing 15 scoreless innings against Cleveland and Milwaukee. Minor is 4-1 with a 2.18 ERA in 11 appearances against the Twins and gets the victory here. Take TEXAS!